Background factors that indirectly affect a person and can generally contribute to a mental disorder are

a. proximal factors.
b. distal factors.
c. proximate factors.
d. distant factors.


b

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a.  True   b.  False

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excitatory synapses __________ the firing of a postsynaptic neuron. a. increase; decrease b. decrease; increase c. increase; increase d. decrease; decrease e. halve; double

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